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Jarkko Tontti

WRITER & LAWYER

Jarkko Tontti is writer  and lawyer, LL.D. He lives in Helsinki, Finland. Tontti has published collections of poetry, novels and essays. He is former president of Finnish PEN and former member of PEN International Executive Board.

Books & Poetry

Tontti’s first published collection of poetry Vuosikirja (Book of Years, 2006) won the Kalevi Jäntti literature award for young authors. His poems have been translated into 20 languages, English, French, German, Spanish, Swedish, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Estonian, Greek, Slovenian, Latin, Polish, Marathi, Romanian, Croatian, Mari, Czech, Hebrew and Portuguese.

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// Education

Tontti studied law, philosophy and literature at the universities of Helsinki, Edinburgh, Berlin and Brussels.

// WORK

Before his writing career Tontti worked in the Ministry of Justice, Local Court of Espoo, in the Parliament of Finland and at the University of Helsinki. He received his Doctor of laws degree from the University of Helsinki in 2002 and is a specialist in philosophy of law, freedom of expression law and copyright law.

Contact Me

Call +358 40 0784 313 or contact me with the form below.

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